Spiraling Higher

89. Reframing New Year Expectations & Resolutions

Dec 4, 2024

As the year winds down, the hosts share their humorous struggles with winter attire and holiday stress. They reflect on transformative experiences from a women's retreat in Tulum, emphasizing vulnerability and connection. The importance of cacao ceremonies leads to insights on shared journeys. The conversation shifts to the pressures of New Year's resolutions, advocating for self-acceptance and personal growth at any moment. Ultimately, they encourage listeners to celebrate transformations and practice continuous renewal, free from societal expectations.

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It’s crucial to cultivate self-compassion and acknowledge personal growth rather than succumbing to year-end judgment and stress.

The podcast encourages embracing ongoing opportunities for renewal, suggesting that transformation can happen at any moment, not just with New Year's resolutions.

Deep dives

The Transformative Power of Retreats

The Spiraling Higher retreat in Tulum exemplifies the profound connections that can form when individuals gather with a shared intention for healing and manifestation. Participants who started as strangers quickly bonded in a safe space created by the hosts, leading to transformative conversations and emotional releases. One of the most significant moments included a participant feeling the freedom to express her emotions openly after experiencing judgment in her past, signaling a collective release of self-judgment and a newfound lightness among the group. Such retreats demonstrate how powerful collective energies can deeply impact personal growth and community building.

Intro

2min

Bonding in Tulum: A Retreat Experience

6min

Transformative Connections in a Cacao Ceremony

2min

Reflections on Retreat Experiences and December Pressures

3min

Redefining New Beginnings

21min

Embracing Continuous Renewal

7min

Reflecting on Expectations and Self-Perception

2min

With the holidays upon us, along with their manufactured capitalist joys, are you starting to feel stressed about the year coming to a close? Maybe you're beginning to feel behind as you reflect on the goals you set for 2024?

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This conversation was inspired by our own personal experiences of feeling panicked when previous years came to an end. They often brought up a lot of self-judgment related to our yearly expectations and goals. Instead of truly celebrating, resting, or expressing gratitude and joy, we’d get stuck in spirals of resistance about how the year hadn’t met our expectations—or we’d project our fears onto the upcoming year.

Rather than rejoicing in all that we had done throughout the year, December became a sort of "Judgment Day," where we’d review our shortcomings and inevitably end up setting extremely high standards for the new year. This, of course, creates stress and distracts us from the present, because we're so busy thinking about what could have been or what should be next year, that we can't even be here- now.

This conversation will be a healing balm for anyone who struggles to be present during the holidays without incessant stress and self-judgment. It will empower you to initiate a sense of renewal in any given moment, rather than waiting for a future day to bring that to you.

This episode is for you if:

-You experience the end of the year with stress, panic, and self-judgment

-You tend to set New Year’s resolutions only to end up disappointed in yourself weeks or months later

-You can’t fully rest or enjoy yourself during the holidays because you’re already thinking about how to tackle 2025

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